Spreadshirt is looking for a passionate Designer to lead the Product and Visual Design team in the role of ...

Head of Design (f/m/d) in Leipzig SN Gießerstraße 27 04229 Germany

Department: Design
We need a true design leader who can manage design – how we create, conceive and build digital products and experiences. You should have the ability to express yourself visually and creatively. However, your main focus will be inspiring and guiding your team to design with a strong emphasis on the customers’ needs. You will lead the entire Design operation in a well-established, customer-centric organisation committed to creating simple, exciting and empowering experiences for our users.

Your Tasks

  • You’ll build, lead and mentor an experienced, multi-national team of 9 product and visual design professionals
  • You’ll drive the internal understanding of how UX/UI and Visual Design impacts our customers
  • You’ll help develop the Spreadshirt Brand portfolio and establish a clear connection between product design and visual design
  • You’ll employ, enhance and evangelise our design process
  • You’ll collaborate and interact with C-Levels, Directors, Product Owners and Marketing teams across the organization
  • You’ll coach and guide the team into delivering design solutions across 9 agile product teams and 5 businesses
  • You’ll employ Design Thinking, workshop techniques and visualization skills to influence strategy and decision making across the organization

Your Profile

  • 3+ years managing and leading a UX/UI design team
  • Excellent interaction and visual design skills
  • Proven experience of coupling a customer-centric mindset with business goals
  • You have developed a visionary product concept and seen it through to implementation in an agile environment
  • Experience with prototyping as a means to explore and convey design solutions
  • Pragmatic approach in developing design ideas with teams of Designers, Business Leaders and Engineers
  • University Degree in Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), or related field or equivalent work experience (we know that designers have all kinds of interesting backgrounds)
  • 8+ years working in a web design environment, 3+ years of those working in product design
  • An outstanding portfolio showcasing foundation in typography, interaction and visual design
  • Strong commercial focus
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

We Offer

  • High levels of responsibility and career development opportunities
  • Flexible hours & a highly motivated team
  • A very pleasant job environment, flat hierarchy and a modern company culture
  • Your own workspace at our headquarters in Leipzig
  • Fabulous offices with Roof terraces, drinks, foosball table, table tennis, and, of course, a whole lot of T-shirts
  • For insight into life at Spreadshirt, click here: kununu

About Spreadshirt

Spreadshirt is the self-expression global e-commerce company. It empowers people to express themselves through creating, discovering, and selling clothing and accessories with messages they want the world to hear. Companies like Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube enable self-expression in the digital world but people don’t have the same opportunities in the real world where the need still exists. Spreadshirt’s three approaches – create your own, marketplace and shops – provide limitless opportunity for on-person self-expression. Founded in 2002, Spreadshirt is available in 12 languages, operates five global production sites and ships to over 160 countries. In 2017, it hit global revenue of $120 million, printed more than 4.8 million items, and had over 80,000 selling partners.

Contact

Stefanie Frenking

Head of Recruiting and Feel Good Management
+49 (0)341 59400-5241

We look forward to receiving your application in English or German and by e-mail: jobs@spreadshirt.net. Please state reference number V00-968 and don't forget to let us know about salary expectations and your earliest starting date.

P.S.: We are not too keen on super straight CVs, extreme adaptive capacities and yea-sayer qualities. What we want are characters full of ideas and drive — no matter how old you are, where you come from and whatever your preferences. Show us what you've got!

This job offer was posted on 2019-03-25. .

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